Tuesday, 17 September 2013

trigonometry - Precalc Trig Identity, verify: 1+cos(x)+cos(2x)=frac12+fracsin(5x/2)2sin(x/2)



Working with LHS:




I've tried using the sum to product trig ID to get:



1+2cos(3x/2)cos(x/2) from here I've tried a couple of things, but can't seem to get closer. I've tried changing the (3x/2) into (5x/2x) and using sum identity, but this just makes things even messier.



I also tried working the RHS. I'm only allowed to use the basic trig ID's: pythag, double and half angle, and sum to product and product to sum.


Answer



For sinx20 we obtain:
1+cosx+cos2x=2sinx2+2sinx2cosx+2sinx2cos2x2sinx2=
=2sinx2+sin3x2sinx2+sin5x2sin3x22sinx2=12+sin5x22sinx2.
I used the following formula.

sinαcosβ=12(sin(α+β)+sin(αβ)).
For example,2sinx2cosx=212(sin(x2+x)+sin(x2x))=sin3x2sinx2.


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